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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Dr Andrew Murrison

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen
vs
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Dr Andrew Murrison
Con South West Wiltshire

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Dr Andrew Murrison voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,266 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,199 different votes 1,266 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
17 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 11 No
Energy 8% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
106 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 173 shared votes
71 Aye 102 No
20 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
33 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

62.6 %
10 % below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
83.1 %
10 % above average
Rank 139 of 649
1,477
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,961
2,361 eligible divisions
851
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
935
47.7 % of votes cast
626
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.3 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
218
+140.1 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
413
+274.7 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650
Contributions
263
+124.7 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,842,285
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£170,920
24 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 43 votes
#5
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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